IRS announces 2019 HSA limits
The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.
Healthcare plans
Harassment, pay equity top the minds of employer concerns
HR professionals say recent regulatory changes and the #metoo movement have prompted changes to benefits and business strategies.
Benefits Think What to do when your client is too small for on-site healthcare
Near-site clinics can increase employee wellness and satisfaction.
Heather Halliburton
OurHealth
Benefits Think The next frontier in employee wellness: disease management
Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.
Stephanie Ward
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Why Trump’s drug plan fails employers
By not prioritizing the use of pharmacy benefit management drug rebates, the administration is hurting companies, who shoulder the burden of rising costs by all stakeholders in the supply chain.
Cheryl Larson
Midwest Business Group on Health
Benefits Think This innovative health plan approach can solve fully- and self-insured problems
In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.
Rick Reiman
MJM Global Insurance Brokerage Group
Livongo Health acquires weight-management company Retrofit
The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.
Lessons from the World Health Care Congress
At the event in Washington DC, benefit brokers learned new, innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs for their employer clients.
Benefits Think Why virtual care is an essential part of self-funding
Much like stop-loss coverage, advisers can use telehealth services to help clients make the leap to becoming self-insured.
Kelly Bliss
Teladoc
Livongo Health acquires weight-management company Retrofit
The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.
Advisers find LTC products are falling short of market needs
Employees and others are ill-prepared to meet their long-term care expenses. But government regulations and insurer indifference are exacerbating the problem.
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
Benefits Think What to do when your company is too small for on-site healthcare
You’re not out of luck — for smaller, self-insured organizations, near-site healthcare is an affordable, scalable option.
Heather Halliburton
OurHealth
Trump drug speech to propose more competition to lower costs
The president will propose a sweeping effort to bring down U.S. drug prices in a plan to make good on a campaign promise.
Benefits experts continue to wage war on ACA
Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
These advisers continue to wage war on the ACA
Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac Tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.
Employees willing to sacrifice pay for better retirement benefits — but not healthcare
Workers, who continue to see their health costs increase annually, are “basically saying enough is enough” when it comes to paying more for medical offerings, Willis Towers Watson research finds.
Benefits Think Why self-insurance strategies are out of whack and other realities for advisers
Prodding employers into insuring themselves has important benefits—and major drawbacks.
Shandon Fowler
Four8 Insights
Benefits Think A pharmacist looks at the evolving pharmacy benefit space
The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
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